St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-18
The Council Committee on
Water Works FavopS the
Worthington Pump.
A Good Deal of Lobbying Done
by Various Persons With
"Inflooenee."
Conditions Under Which Old
Soldiers Will be Received
at Minnehaha.
The Barrett Case--WoPk of the
Northwestern Hospital
for the Year.
NEW PUMPING STATION.
The Council Committee on Water
Works Opens Bids.

Inc COunctl OOnllnlItee OH w dItE
Works Opens Bids.
The opening of the bids for building
and equipping the North Minneapolis
pumping station at the mouth of
Single creek and the furnishing of
1900 feet OF thirty-SiX-inch water pipe
was the important business before the
council committee on water works yes
terday. Quite a crowd of representa-
tives of the competing bidders and other
interested parties were present. After
some delay Engineer Rinker was i'll
Structed to open the bids. Those for
furnishing the water pipe came first.
The Cincinnati Il Newport Iron and
Pine company bid $3.50 per ton; the
Sheckle. Harrison d Howard Iron COM
pany, of st. Louis. 5000; Il. ID. Wood
d Co, of Philadelphia, 5000; the Lake
Shore foundry. of Cleveland. S33 Oh the
whole of the l2O00 feet or 29.10 on half;
the McNeal Pipe and Iron company, of
Burlington, y. Y, S30.69: Dennis Long
& Co.. Of Louisville, $3.50. The last
bid was the lowest, and the award to
Long d Co. is a certainty.
City Attorney Smith, who had been
sent Tor, advised that the title to the
site. concerning which there had been
some little dispute, could be perfected
for a small amount perhaps $1,000,
which the city would not have to pay
ultimately. even if it should advance
the money to avoid delay.
The bids for furnishing the pumps
were next opened. The Knowles Steam
Pump works, Of New York, made three
propositions for furnishing two pumps
of daily capacity of 15,000,000 gallons
each at $4,000, s165,O00 and S1l5,-
600, the pumps in the first
proposition to have guaranteed duty
of lO5.C00.000 foot pounds: the second,
125,000.O00 foot pounds: and the third.
75,0OO,OOO foot pounds. The IL r. Worth
lngtOn Pump company, of Brooklyn,
made four bids for furnishing two
pumps: S1O5,0O0, S12O, 900, Sl15.00O. Sl27.-
0O0, the guaranteed duty heing 1000,
coo and 115,G0O000 foot pounds. Bids
were also submitted for constructing
the building at S53, 80. and furnishing
the pipe at $31.1O. The Holly Manufac-
turing company, of LOckpOrt, \. Y,
offered to furnish two Gaskell pumps.
with a guaranteed duty of los. zoo, 600
foot pounds. at S163, $50; or TO furnish
pumps, construct building. and furnish
and lay pipe, for S33G,Sl6. If the city
concluded to furnish pipe s27, 600 could
be deducted from the above amount.
Bids for the construction of the. build
ing from local contractors were as fol-
lows: Burg & McArdle, So, 432; KilrOe
Bros. S43. 49,: Ring Il Tobin, so, O66.40.
The latter firm was the only one which
named stone according to specifications.
With the provisO that galvanized iron
should be substituted the firm placed
its bid at S51,0G6.
The committee next intimated that it
was prepared to listen to any remarks
from the agents representing the pump
bidders. This invitation opened up an
Oratorical contest of more than ordinary
interest. =. II. Linneen, representing
the Holly Manufacturing company:
Charles A. Hague, representing the
Knowles Steam Pump works, and Capt.
II. q. III. Tarr, representing the ii. r.
WOrthingtOD pump, unlimbered them
selves. and a StenOgrapher was sent
for in order that their burning words
of elOquence might be preserved for the
guidance of the committee. Each was
limited to thirty minutes and given five
minutes at the wlndup. Their remarks
included illusions TO the superiority of
their several pumps, citations of tests,
and a general discussion, which was Ell
tirely too technical TO be of public in
tereSt. 1t was Gas when they con
cluded, and the committee took an
hours adjournment.
The committee held an adjourned
meeting in the evening, when Engineer
Rinker presented the verbal report of
the committee which recently visited
Eastern cities to investigate the merits
of the different makes OF pumps. His
recommendations were strongly i'll
favor Of the WOrthingtOn pIGmp,
based upon his assertions that
it was cheaper. simpler and more dura-
l.
finally moved that Proposition No. 4,
from ii. Il. WorthingtOn, which is for
pump costing $l29,900, should be ac-
cepted. Quite lengthy discussion in
the way of an informal talk, rather than
an argument. enSued, i'll which
the proposition was thoroughly
canyasSed and finally adopted.
There was a difference of S34. 800 be-
tween the Gaskill and WOrthingtOn
bids, and this was the main induce
ment which led to the committees
action. The bid of Dennis Long Il CO..
for furnishing pipe, was next accepted.
The bids for the building were not acted
upon for the reason that only one Speci-
fled the kind of stone to be used. and
because of the probability of change
in the plans TO accord with the size of
the Washington pumps, which do not
require as much room as was provided
in the plans. Judging from the bids
the cost Of the station equipped for
running will be about S3lS.0O0. This
includes the pumps at S129,9O0 the
building at about $4,000, the pipe at
$4,000 and the laying at SO, 900 and the
intake pipe at $4,000.
There was external evidence Of an OBJ
Gus nature that considerable lobbying
was being done in behalf of the several
pump manufacturers. Certain gentle
men of ''infiOOence" have been very
busy during the past few days, and yes
terday afternoon before the bids were
opened it was understood that the
WorthingtOD was on top and was going
too win. The Gaskill people lay their
defeat TO the recommendation of the
city engineer, who seems to have re-
Gently pynprienced a change of heart